The final result of the lottery was that Chen Yunjian was drawn into the Ministry of Personnel and received a ticket to the Ministry of Personnel.
Although I don’t know what Lin Tailai will do, we can just wait and see. After all, Lin Tailai’s political credibility is well-known.
Shen Jue, who missed the official position, sighed regretfully, this is fate, and she can only blame God if she can't blame anyone.
After sending the two principals away, Lin Tailai sat in the hall and began to conceive of "Self-defense on the Reform of Official Evaluation Methods".
It is very reasonable to write memorials about the work of the Ministry of Officials in the Judicial Hall of the Ministry of Rites.
The above memorial is a straightforward narrative, objectively explaining the methods and measures of reform without any personal touches.
This memorial should conduct a self-analysis of the character's motivations and explain to the emperor why he proposed to restore the examination method.
"Since I entered the court, I have seen that the atmosphere among officials is loose. Many officials do not want to do their jobs sincerely and like to argue in order to gain fame.
Therefore, the previous petition requested the reinstatement of the examination method, with the intention of clarifying and strengthening the goals and responsibilities of each yamen, and urging all officials to be more attentive and practical.
This will put an end to the phenomenon of being full of food all day long, idle, and getting promoted just by relying on one or two good testimonials.
I don’t want to avoid empty talk and ruining the country, and I advocate the intention of rejuvenating the country through hard work, but I am attacked by a group of people and ask the emperor to make the decision.”
Standard answer for reading comprehension: Some officials and ministers are too idle, so they repeatedly besiege the emperor. In order to consume their energy, the emperor, you have to keep them busy!
There are two channels for ministers to submit memorials. One is to send someone to send the memorial to the General Affairs Department, who will summarize it in a unified manner.
Then it was sent by the Secretary of General Affairs to Huiji Gate, also known as Laozuoshun Gate, where the eunuch of the Clerk's Office of the Secretary of Ceremonies received the memorial.
Another channel is for the minister to enter the inner court in person, go to Huiji Gate in person, and submit the memorial directly to the eunuch in the clerk's room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies on duty.
Lin Tailai chose the second method and registered at the right gate of Chang'an early the next morning, then entered the inner court and came to Huiji Gate.
Unexpectedly, I met an old acquaintance here. The eunuch on duty turned out to be Eunuch Sun Yongsun, the young eunuch in the clerk's office of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
Lin Tailai asked casually: "Isn't this Eunuch Sun, the admiral of the twenty sects inside and outside the capital? Did you change the admiral to the Ji sect?"
Eunuch Sun replied humbly: "I'm just helping Bingbi's grandfathers."
Lin Tailai threw the notebook in his hand to Eunuch Sun and said, "This is my self-defense."
Eunuch Sun glanced at the cover and said in surprise: "Isn't it a matter of the Ministry of Personnel? How do you use the Notes of the Ministry of Rites?"
Lin Tailai explained: "Don't worry about these details! I have too many part-time departments, and I was overwhelmed at the time."
Eunuch Sun is doing errands here, so of course he knows some tricks.
The memorials sent uniformly by the General Affairs Department are generally "bulk goods" and are just processed parts of the Ming Dynasty's official document process.
The memorials that the minister took the trouble to personally go to Huiji Gate to deliver were mostly full of "private goods" and were the focus of attention.
After going through the process of the Cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the memorials that are focused on will be sent to the imperial court.
Today among the eunuchs in the Supervisory Office of Liturgy, Zhang Cheng went to the construction site of the imperial mausoleum, Sun Xian was in Dongchang, and Tian Yi was ill, so Chen Ju was responsible for submitting the memorial to the emperor and communicating with him.
At this time, Emperor Wanli was leaning on the soft couch, hugging a pretty little palace maid who came from nowhere, and enjoying feeding her.
Maybe he was a little drunk. After chewing a few mouthfuls of preserved fruit, the dizzy Emperor Wanli waved his hand and said:
"This book is very well written! Every time he becomes a minister, he should promote this spirit of diligence and pragmatism!
We should talk less about doctrines and do more practical things, and don’t sit around and make noise all day long!”
Chen Ju: "."
It seems that the contents of Lin Tailai's memorial hit the emperor's brain waves again.
Although on the surface of the memorial, not a single word mentioned the dispute over the country's foundation, and not a single word mentioned the phenomenon that the emperor was often given remonstrances, but it successfully aroused the emperor's sympathy.
Because in the emperor's mind, the subjective association was probably: Lin Tailai believed that the reason why so many people came one after another to give advice was because these people were too idle and energetic, so they had to use the examination method to keep everyone busy. stand up.
Unexpectedly, Lin Tailai suffered a lot of criticism because of his idea of ​​"sharing the worries for the king". The emperor really felt the same for this.
Therefore, Chen Ju once again intuitively felt Lin Tailai's excellent ability to guide the emperor's thinking, and asked: "How to approve it?"
Emperor Wanli issued an instruction: "Together with the previous memorials, they have been approved together!"
Of course, it was not just one thing that came to disturb the emperor. Chen Ju also reported several other important matters one by one, and Emperor Wanli gave specific instructions.
The daily government affairs communication between the ceremonial eunuchs and the emperor is roughly like this.
During the Tianqi period in history, it is said that when the nine thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian was in power, he often went to make trouble while the emperor was doing carpentry. Every time the emperor was in high spirits, he would impatiently say, "You can do whatever you want."
Although Emperor Wanli was also lazy, he was better than Tianqi's grandson. At least he could personally listen to reports and give instructions on important matters.
Chen Ju received the edict and went to the cabinet to convey it, asking the academicians to draft the edict and follow the procedures according to the emperor's opinions.
When Shen Shoufu heard that the emperor approved Lin Tailai's "Reform of Official Assessment Methods", he was also surprised.
The three things that the new official did when he took office, in the eyes of the chief minister, were like a prank to increase his presence, but they actually came true.
Shen Shoufu further confirmed: "After the emperor read Lin Tailai's "Self-defense", he approved the previous "Reform"?"
Chen Ju nodded, that's the situation.
Shen Shoufu then looked at Chen Ju meaningfully, "You were the one who helped me speak in front of the emperor, right?"
Eunuch Chen: "???"
He and Lin Tailai have no friendship, so what can he say for Lin Tailai? Is there something wrong?
"I understand, I understand, let's stop talking!" Shen Shoufu promptly withdrew the topic.
You, Eunuch Chen, are still pretending to be like this. Lin Tailai has already leaked his secrets, saying that he and you are secretly colluding.
The cabinet drafts the edict, then seals it, then sends it to the six departments of the Civil Service Department for review and record keeping, and finally sends it to the Civil Service Examination Department.
The various government officials who received the news were speechless. When Lin Tai came to the "Reform Shu" earlier, the emperor's attitude seemed to be relatively neutral, and he issued it for the courtiers to discuss.
Why did the emperor approve Lin Tailai after being criticized dozens of times?
Lin Tailai can only say that times have changed!
When Zhang Juzheng was liquidated six years ago, the emperor needed leniency, but now the emperor just feels that the courtiers are too noisy.
When the imperial edict arrived at the Gongfu Examination Department, Lin Tailai immediately summoned Yu Zhan, the Yuanwai Lang, Zhao Nanxing, the chief officer, and Jiang Shixin, the chief officer.
"We will hold a small meeting today to convey and learn about the latest decree." Lin Tailai said, "The petition regarding the reform of the assessment method has been approved by the emperor."
The other three people looked at each other, feeling equally unbelievable. At the same time, their moods were a bit complicated.
Lin Tailai, the enemy in the camp, got things done, which is certainly a bit dissatisfying.
But the power of the examination department has been expanded, and they seem to be able to benefit. Lin Tailai, the bastard, will not take advantage of him!
Lin Tailai, who was sitting at the top, sneered secretly in his heart, "What good things are you three thinking about?"
Then he continued: "In order to better implement the emperor's will, I plan to set up an assessment method reform group within our department to be responsible for standardizing the language test, restoring the examination method and other matters.
I will serve as the team leader, and then I will select an official as the deputy team leader, and then select eight officials as team members."
The other three people thought that although this reform group seemed to be suspected of setting up a new mountain, as long as it was still within the framework of the merit examination department, they could not get around the three of them.
Then the deputy leader of the reform team, doesn’t it have to be chosen from among the three of them?
When he said this, Lin Tailai did not continue talking about the reform group and suddenly turned to Zhao Nanxing.
And he said: "Previously I asked you to petition for the reinstatement of the examination law, but you refused over and over again, and publicly opposed the reinstatement of the examination law many times.
Now that the decree of approval has been issued, do you want to write a memorial and continue to express your firm opposition?"
Zhao Nanxing kept his mouth tightly closed and did not say a word. Now Shangshu firmly opposes it. Isn't that stupid?
Besides, were you against the reinstatement of the entrance examination method earlier? That was against you, Lin Tailai!
Lin Tailai said seriously: "In the next at least six months, the reform of assessment methods will become the main task of the Merit Examination Department!
Zhao Nanxing has publicly opposed the reform many times before and expressed his opposition on different occasions. He is no longer suitable to continue working in the Merit Examination Department.
I will suggest to the court that Zhao Nanxing be transferred from the Gongfu Examination Department and find another suitable position."
Damn it! Zhao Nanxing finally understood why he always felt something was wrong before! It turns out there is a big hole here!
When Lin Tailai urged him again and again to petition for reinstatement of the examination method, he was definitely not willing to jump into the trap.
Since you don't want to jump into the pit, you must object, and object more than once.
I thought that the matter would just go away, and I was complacent that I didn't fall into the trap. I didn't expect that my initial objection would also become a fault!
Who would have thought at that time that Lin Tailai would resume the examination method so easily?
To be continued...